Your post is the reason why carrying a weapon creates a responsibility most people are not ready to handle. First rule is to avoid conflict if possible. If in a store, find a hole to hide or a back exit. Continue to survey the situation and look for an escape route. If none is available, stay in your hole. If someone comes up to you and threatens you, try to defuse the situation. Tell them to steal all they want and you support their cause. In short, lie.
Pulling the weapon and using it will change your life but more importantly, might end up causing the mob to turn on you.
There are no easy answers but one must prepare for all possibilities if they are to carry a weapon with them.
We have created a society that allows mobs to do this. We allowed Antifa mobs to riot and destroy things, ad we allowed BLM mobs to burn buildings, homes, government offices and block freeways. It seems that law enforcement and the legal system gave up on doing their jobs. So, as far as raiding your house, it’s tough. If you kill them their relatives will come back and sue you. If you wound them, they will sue you. Since the law no longer protects the victims, we pretty much have lawlessness and chaos in certain cities and communities. And I think this is what certain party leaders have wanted, so they can eliminate legally owned weapons. They will claim it’s out of control and drastic measures must be taken.
And I don’t think I’m wrong with this one.
I agree. When bad people get upset they spray bullets everywhere. Not worth it, not your stuff, not your job, leave the area and take any innocents with you.
Home is a different situation.